Princess Dohana couldn't believe her eyes, her gleamer of hope, and the genius behind her escape, the cousin who loves her dearly, had returned from overseas."Cousin Peter!" Dohana screamed as she dashed to embrace the young man."Little cousin, I'm finally back. Let's see who dares to bully you." Peter said as he glared at the people on the table.Witnessing this, the guests at the table were surprised. 'Who is this? So close to the Princess?'The Queen Mother grimaced before rolling her eyes.'This lawless Peter, how did my brother have such a son who does as he pleases. Even after I refused him from going to sturdy overseas he still left and even though he was away, he still managed to cause so much trouble in the royal family.'Wrapping her arms around Peter, Dohana dragged him to the table, allowing him to seat next to Prince Dominic while she sat next to Peter. "Cousin, what a surprise. I didn't think you'd come back so quickly," Dohana said."Ofcourse I had to come back, how
Standing in the middle of the palace hall with the royal family glaring at him dumbfoundedly, the general almost panicked. Especially when he saw the Queen Mother's face turn red. 'Hows this possible?' her head was buzzing and couldn't figure it out for a while. Initially, the Queen Mother had hated the idea of the games being cancelled, but when she saw how the political heads of Andorra had practically begged her to reinstate the games; she had used it as a bargain to control them, thereby strengthen her rule of the Kingdom. Now, to hear that 'somebody' had paid for the games to continue, it was shocking. Knowing that she could lose her grip on political affairs, she was distraught. "Hows this possible?" The Queen Mother staggered back. "Who could possibly pay up a billion dollars just for the sake of these stupid games?" The general shrugged, waiting patiently for instructions. "If I may," Peter stood up, came over and said, "if somebody funded the games, that could only mean
The next morning, as the bright sun rose in the east, Jake, alongside Mr Heart stood by a large open field with his arms folded on his chest, watching as George Brown and his brother illustrated sword skills infront of the hundreds of new members of the resistance. "Do you think they'll be ready for the war by tomorrow?" Jake asked. "If we use them correctly," answered Mr Heart. "Very well," Jake said, "you'll be in charge of the invasion plan. If anything goes wrong, I know you have your formations to correct it. Tomorrow morning, teach these new members how to respond to your formations. Do everything in your power to protect these civilians." "Don't worry, Mr Larson. I'll take care of it. Speaking of protection, I've sent a dozen men to guard our camp and pretend to be villagers. When the royals spies show up, they will point them to the wrong direction." Jake smiled happily, "you're an absolute genius. Point them towards the mountains. By the way, how about that healing concoc
A few hours later, on the outskirts of the El-Tarter, a thousand royal soldiers marched toward the east. The general Bengy Dowson led the men, riding alongside him was none either than Mr Goodson. As the men passed by a narrow path, they saw a few men farming near the river. The general raised his hand up and everyone stopped."Quickly, ask those men if they saw the bandits pass by here lately."A soldier ran down quickly and soon returned."My lord, the farmers say thousands of men passed by here some eight hours ago. They recognised some of them as the mountain bandits."Hearing this, both Bengy and Mr Goodson nodded, but the latter was skeptical. Just as Mr Dowson was about to signal for them to continue, Mr Goodson spoke."Wait, Mr Dowson, don't you think there's something strange going on here?" Mr Goodson said while staring at the farmers."What do you mean," Bengy glared at him suspiciously."Look at it like this," Mr Goodson said, pointing to the farmers. "Why does it seem li
All the soldiers glared at the man in disbelief. How could they believe that they had travelled all the way to the Andorrian boarder for nothing. If this was possible, it would mean that they had been tricked all the way here and would not be able to return to El-Tarter on time. Crazy..."What nonsense are you talking about?" Said Bengy Dowson, feeling embarrassed and disgruntled about the possibility of this truth.Mr Goodson took a few deep breaths, walking over with a dertemined look on his face. "General, it's all true. When I returned back to El-Tarter last night, I followed those farmers back to their camp, only to find that they are part of the resistance. They pretended to be returning to the mountains just to avoid your trouble."Hearing this, Mr Dowson turned around to look at the windy mountains. They suddenly felt so abondoned and disolate."General, don't waste your time exploring the mountains. We don't have enough time, let's rush back immediately to catch them unaware
At the royal palace, the pre-wedding festivities were still thriving at midnight. Earlier that evening, the Queen Mother had even set up a celebration banquet for the wedding. Everyone had been drinking all night and this time, most of them were drunk. The Prince of Paris, Dominic, kept the crowd alive with his humourous stories. The crowd kept bellowing with laughter. "Imagine, without a penny to his name. A nobody still wants to marry the Princess?" A roar of laughter followed. Raising his voice, Prince Dominic continued. "Huh, trying to wrestle the Prince for his bride? That's like a lightweight trying to wrestle a heavyweight. He has his eyes on the throne? We might as well hand over the kingdom to a peasant." More cachination ensued. Suddenly, the door to the Banquet hall banged open and general Bengy Dowson strode in with a panic. The sudden sound attracted everyone in the hall as they turned to stare. Seeing the serious face of the general, the hall went so silent you cou
The atmosphere in the hall changed, one could cut the air between the Queen Mother and Princess Dohana with a blunt knife. The silence that reigned, if you dropped a pin, it could be heard clearly. Between the royal family, it was Dorah who recovered first. Her sharp eyes stared down the Princess and she couldn't hide her disgust. "You...Dohana, how could you be this stupid? What marriage are you talking about?" Sirah also added, furrowing her brows, "do you mean you're married officially? Like legally?" The Queen Mother cackled out of nowhere. The voice was so loud that it echoed throughout the hall as everyone looked at each other in dismay. "Child, don't tell me you got drunk and had an accidental wedding." The Queen Mother continued to laugh. "No. Your majesty, it was a sober day when I got married." "Shut up!" Dorah scolded angrily. 'How shameless can this woman be?' "You shut up, okay!" Dohana retorted, pointing her fore-finger across the lot. "I don't need any of your
As the sun rose in the east, Princess Dohana opened her eyes and she couldn't help sighing with emotions. Today was her wedding day but she was sad. She had always imagined her wedding day would be the happiest day of her life. But instead, it promised to become a dreadful day.Soon Princess Dohana picked herself up and prepared to head over to the bathroom to wash up but to her surprise, a man was sitting on a chair looking at her attentively."Prince Dominic!"The Prince smiled and said, "you look even more beautiful when you're sleeping so peacefully."Feeling intruded, Princess Dohana stepped back instinctively and said, "what are you doing here? Don't you know the groom is not supposed to see the bride on the morning of the wedding?"The smile on the Prince's face was quickly replaced by a lazy sneer. "Oh please, cut the crap. It's not like you really want to get married to me."Princess Dohana looked down as she saw his gloomy face.Seeing her so docile, Prince Dominic stood up